Another thing that gnostics worried about was the relationship between the divine element and the human element in Jesus, and in some cases they seem to have made a similar sort of distinction ...

On the one hand, Paul, and Pauline Christianity, would have placed all of the emphasis on Jesus' death and resurrection, and the saving power of that death and resurrection. Gnostic Christianity ...

They are linked to John the Baptist from the New Testament, who baptised Jesus. Gnostic ideas also influenced Manichaeism, a dualistic faith rooted in the struggle between good and evil ...